The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-27
THEY FOUND TWO BEAR CUBS
and THEN THE FURIOUS HoxHKn
BEAR DUN THEN.
An Adventure which Befeii Two Teuns lGss
who Went Out on n sunday 20 Lock ~ &
Fox Tran In tho wllds ofLveo~ln~ Couotv

OATH, ~. l., NOV. Zo.-lWO Weeks aRO UnCI0
Daniel Dean and his two nephews. Georges
Skinner and Albert G. Howard. started from
tho village Of Hammondsport for a three weeks
hunt in tho northern part OF Lycoming county,
PENNSYLVANIA, about the headwaters Of Pine
Creek. Uncle Dean, who Is not only one Of the
best farmers in Steuben county, but q superb
shot and an old-time hunter, has been on hunt
ing expeditions In Lycoming county each fall
for twenty years. He has usually been accom-.
panied by two or three Of his old friends. and
tho party has camped In q hut in the forests.
Neither OF tho young mon whom he took this
year is over % years Of age. and the only game
they had ever hunted was birds and squirrels
and they had looked forward with keen expec-
tation to the killing OF q bear or q deer while
in camp with their sporting uncle. Yesterday
morning the two young men suddenly returned
to Bath on their way homo to H~ammondsport.
One Of them had written home last veok that
they were having such q good time In the
woods that they would not return home before
December. This. coupled with the fact that the
two boys looked as II they had been put
through a threshing machine or run oyer by,A
among those who met them here.
Albert SINNERS right arm was heavily ban.
a %sTe ter ahdsr cut h,s and S0s Els face slssi bore a severe ss cns:
or lacerations from his hair to his chin. One ear
WIT With tG saive. hs a sos elnHHt oTsld u &c, ana not ss sss \ "a
s sp and Sadl down as t his d SSassin njia III ne w wsIs w s,HfEls
loose oos eli ppSp his Isl foot IT,, and d, hi q legs e, and
and scalp were covered With strips q pissssr.
lsT Ks al ae sSSas In sslf ha h; a STD s { Soi sSs cause q Sc
% nj y{s,n up S SSs %iP 9Ss in sss vo Sn.,s IS ST., = ~
want to be blamed for any Of, our doinss. You
fa9wh Ss went ssesp 5RsG fsRR Il ~ sy n.y. t isli i PRS ss
Snd q thick ney forest s,ss and 4 f0E be syS w sins. Ale %s
but somehow neither q qps could even ga
shot two pretty ble ones whiie or hunting b
iI oeRoat ies bears Se e Sarin We our I firss t%o wo 81 IN IN
camp, and wont loaded for the beasts from
%HFn1ps a vi, S sSfn besam ria q listlo e esre Sssss a nd
ssGsn W tG de wSieS Sq tbs st We q IN m tSss t 70 si%s ass
trapper started of to. walk to Hsrris's. Centre
LEI e9 Atoms mor at e eamp.n Later IN hle sSe e Sea q Ss we
started e. out f9r a walk and W. at ~ the J, same time to
iGos sn at f Snnti NIX t thas day. we but ala G nGs lnt esrais q
his rifle along more from habit than anything
else. Judge We we're about q mile from cam
some brush. We approached. cautiously. and
what, was our surprise to find two little black
bear Cubs we're never found there a ibis seq:
sou fu Ss1Sr tSia sH We ' botS l Insxh sSs aloud ddne' were
Let's get EN- and take home en- alive said
Albert, and he no sooner had the words out Of
The opposite side and got the other: The little
good natured that they were easily managed.
With the cubs In our possession. We started
Visions Snio IS OF the fhsn fun NV We Would have 'H With r the
beasts up in Steuben county, ] guess we had
ssS 9ne a5SSt s g a = { t e g mile t yse Ro We heard ard
I'm bet that's the old she bear after US.
either OF us had so much as thought Of an en-.
ragged mother bear.
thought for a moment she was coming toward
us 4: She was fully as biz a. e horse: / knew
shs e meant aSi eHsin tban i 7 c e9th te II IT. u.s. as Al6. dFFoBR oSi
ever. was cooler. He dropped his cub. too.
old dSS sss, a1 SHs ss SR'q eSs c essr &c., % %on' t' un sas
Dan hoIler when he eHmes back T., la. ~.
shoulder. and fired at the advancing bear. He
H not as1 SnS S %bS PS g u sf Ike : n5 5sS% %bI I'D iS :
sSes sn ran an nGa aTnot AnG sheE t Sssdr'a fSe YES Ssa sa xa 10
away. / seized a stick: from the ground and.
while Albert ~ was trying to . set get, another I'll car car
ment struck the bear a blow upon the nose.
That settled It. for in 2 moment the greet
beast ieaped upon me; 81, She 81. struck I me q terrihY
me. The horror Of those few seconds. is In
hot. moist breath In my face as she stood over
me and held me helpless. Iexpected surely to
be killed by those awful jaws only a few inches
was too frightened to even ory out to Al;
bert, who was so terribly excited that he dropped
contents were scattered about. He could not
even stop to pick the loose cartridges up from
fore his, eyes. struck the brute with. ali his
might with the barrel Of his gun upon its head
head. Meanwhile the, beast was scratching
REay n SsTy G anS my By sEd the s slaws s,s ON th s,e Sss ~
At each blow from the rifle the beast clawed
the harder, and . It seemed sd. as II my bones vera
In the face and about my scalp BY the animals
fore paws, as you see by the %plieesters there. -
Albert. who, staggered back under, the attack.
he ka15op PIP d cI h5s T witb N MHhi eIs he sse dssIe Ssr but sa
oid-sending. blow right in the face. She
scratched him about the face, and grabbed him
gun that Albert had dropped and loaded It with
one Oh the cartridges from tho kTOuuu, anu
walking right close up to her, as she was paw.
ing Albert In the face, l sent q bullet Into her
head. She fell back. but SO firmly were her
big claws fixed in Albert,s shoulder and clothing
TINT "r fhs P Salist han haa ' fl1 tss fhr sr. Sa VIZ 70 mai make a
sure thing | Tired two more into her head. It
cred sufficiently to speak to each other.
II was covered with, blood, and so was he.
We were both very weak from excitement. We
did not think Of the bear cubs then but goj
wounds began to smart horribly, and we had
nothing with which to dress them. In tbs
afternoon the trapper returned and helped. us
with bandages. Then he led us several miles
to q country doctor. where we were patched up
and fixed as you see us now and on his advice
We took the cars for home last evening. U1cls
and we shall have the hide stuffed and set up
at home In n few weeks. The old trapper said
A Woman In Boots and = Revolver IN Hes
MuG.
From the WdshtHoton Foss
ROCKVILLE. Nd, Nov. 20.-Another daring
attempt ut highway robbery WAS made on tho